I finally found a 1990 L-1000 for the G&L book. This one is from early 1990 and has a maple body (sorry for the crappy pic). Wunkays from 1987-91 are soooo hard to find. I found two in Japan like this one, but the dealers wouldn't sell overseas. The others I've seen (solid colors and natural) were at guitar shows in the mid-1990s. Had I known how hard it was going to be to find one, I never would have passed them up back in the day. This one sounds a little more strident than my mid-80s L1Ks, but that could be an artifact of the new roundwound nickle-plated strings. I'll bet they'll mellow out in few days. OMG mode is more punchy and not as bassy as I expected which is interesting/different (a good thing in my book). It's also lightweight at 8.9 lbs/4.0 kg. Now to find the elusive '87, '89 and '91...

Great memory Chuck! I still remember that belair green LB-100, it had the fattest maple neck I'd ever felt on a G&L.

Sorry Greg, I do have a pic of the back but no pics with the control cover off. I sold it to a guy that goes by "fenderjazz" on the GbL site and it's still listed in his profile so maybe he can help you. I tried his listed email address and it bounced back as no longer functional. Does the GbL site have a PM function?

I have a really amazing 2009 L-1000 in blackburst/ash/rosewood if you'd be interested in that. One of the few at the end made with ash instead of alder and the neck is chunky!

bdgotoh wrote:Sorry Greg, I do have a pic of the back but no pics with the control cover off. I sold it to a guy that goes by "fenderjazz" on the GbL site and it's still listed in his profile so maybe he can help you. I tried his listed email address and it bounced back as no longer functional. Does the GbL site have a PM function?

There is PM functionality at The KCC; it's a phpBB board like here. No one by that handle at BbL.